Job summary
The post holder will be welcomed as a member of the friendly Community Learning Disability Team in the West of Northumberland.
As an integral part of Northumberland community learning disability team, the post holder will work into the community with families and carers and care providers. They will be responsible for an individual caseload, they will work across primary and secondary health care services to ensure equality of access for those with a learning disability. The post holder will assess, plan, implement and evaluate high quality of care for adults with learning disability.
The post holder will be offered robust support and supervision, opportunity to attend regular team meetings with the wider team and will be offered opportunities for continued professional development.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based within the Northumberland Community Learning Disability Team, in west locality.
The post holder will manage their own case load, complete physical health assessments and care plans. Creating risk assessments supporting induvial with mental health needs to access primary and secondary care. They will also be involved in the development of specialist positive behavioural support plans for clients and service providers in order to reduce of prevent placement breakdown.
The post holder will support the skills of the wider CLDT service to ensure physical health and wellbeing is prioritises and embedded in aspects of specialist work.
They will be expected to chair, attend and contribute to all relevant meetings. Provide supervision to junior staff. Be involved in developing and delivering training and partake in group work.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
The Northumberland Community Learning Disability Team is part of the larger organisation of CNTW (Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust).
We are committed to ensuring the continuous delivery of high quality, safe and caring services. This means having the right people with the right skills in the right roles at the right time. To do this effectively and efficiently, we need to plan ahead and aim to ensure we have a pipeline of talented individuals which will support our workforce planning for the future.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 29th July 2025
Closing date : 12th August 2025
We welcome your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 29th July 2025
Closing date : 12th August 2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable
- Further relevant post qualifying training
- Previous experience in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to use IT system
- Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Risk Assessment skills.
- Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
- Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Learning disabilities
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
Desirable
- Community Team Experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable
- Further relevant post qualifying training
- Previous experience in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to use IT system
- Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Risk Assessment skills.
- Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
- Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Learning disabilities
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
Desirable
- Community Team Experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
